A box will appear above that area and the greyed-out effect will disappear.

Move your cursor to the portion of the page that you want to monitor.

A purple border will appear at the top of the now greyed-out page, along with an exhortation to “Select part of the webpage, and then click Add.”.

To create a Web clipping in Dashboard just navigate to the website you want to keep an eye on and choose File>Open In Dashboard….

You might want to keep an eye on the status of a recent order watch the most recent links on Reddit or monitor sales on Amazon, it's completely up to you!

Create a Hot Corner shortcut to Dashboard in Mission Controlĭashboard becomes a powerful tool if you want to keep an eye on multiple Websites without interrupting whatever it is you are trying to get done. An Apple watcher might want to keep up with an element of a few sites, such as the top stories on MacSurferor MacDailyNews or new posts on my AppleMust.

Swipe up with three fingers on your trackpad to access Mission Control.

Tap F12 (or another function button you may assign).

Double-click its icon in your Applications folder (Or drag the icon back to its rightful place in your Dock for future use).

Tap Command-Space, type ‘Dashboard’ in the search box, hit Return.

Once you have enabled it here are the many ways to access your Dashboard: Show Dashboard is probably set to appear when you press F12, but you can change this if you wish.

At the bottom of the preferences pan you will see your Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts.

My personal favorite is Overlay because it gives me the information I need without removing me from my workspace. You can access Dashboard in its own Space, or as an Overlay atop your Desktop.

Set Dashboard to Off, As Space, or As Overlay.

Open System Preferences>Mission Control.

This changed in OS X Yosemite and you may now need to enable it. Originally an icon to access Dashboard was hosted in the Dock by default. However, with hundreds of Dashboard widgets available in contrast to a handful of Notifications equivalents, you may still find work for idle Dashboards to do. That’s why it makes sense to use Notifications widgets if one you need is available to minimize the workflow impact if Dashboard support is removed from macOS in future.

( Here is the complete collection).ĭashboard widgets can be useful, but Apple has been deprecating their importance in the last couple of OS releases (it hasn’t had a significant improvement in years). You can find and install even more widgets from a range of third party developers when you tap the ‘More Widgets’ button.

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